Your favorite increasingly inaccurately nicknamed punk singer, Fat Mike recently dropped by BBC Radio 1 's Punk Show with Mike Davies to celebrate 20 years of Fat Wreck Chords . Davies described the show: We had Fat Mike from NOFX, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes and Fat Wreck Chords co-hosting the show. We also celebrated 20 years of Fat Wreck Chords and played the biggest songs the label has put out over the past two decades including tracks from Lagwagon, Good Riddance, Mad Caddies, Snuff, Against Me!, Dillinger Four, The Lawrence Arms, Old Man Markley, Western Addiction, No Use For ...

Rise Against, Billy Talent, Refused and La Dispute are amongst the few who have been confirmed to play this year's Greenfield Festival in Interlaken, Switzerland on June 15-17. The current line-up as it stands is: DIE ÄRZTE – BILLY TALENT – RISE AGAINST – IN FLAMES – THE HIVES – REFUSED – IN EXTREMO – SEPULTURA – LAGWAGON – SCHANDMAUL – PENNYWISE – MAD CADDIES – HOT WATER MUSIC – ZEBRAHEAD – LESS THAN JAKE – BLACK VEIL BRIDES – H-BLOCKX – LA VELA PUERCA – ALL SHALL PERISH – THE BRONX – DARKEST HOUR – EMMURE – BURY TOMORROW – LA DISPUTE – DEATH BY CHOCOLATE – more tba!

Das norddeutsche Hurricane Festival und sein Schwesterfestival Southside haben 21 neue Acts vorgestellt. Nachdem zuletzt die New Wave-Helden The Cure bestätigt wurden ( motor.de berichtete ), folgen jetzt weitere Highlights: Noel Gallagher, The xx oder New Order und eine Menge mehr lassen die Herzen der Musikfans höher schlagen. In diesem Jahr beginnt die dreitägige Veranstaltung am 22. Juni. Hier das vorläufige Line Up und der offizielle Trailer für dieses Jahr: Justice  |  Sportfreunde Stiller  |  Broilers  |  Katzenjammer |  Florence & The Machine  |  LaBrassBanda  |  Casper | Lagwagon  |  Hot Water Music  |  Mad Caddies |  Kakkmaddafakka   |  Kurt Vile & The Violators |  Fritz Kalkbrenner  | SebastiAn | Busy P |  Supershirt | Dumme Jungs | The Kooks ...

Fat Mike from *NOFX (http://www.absolutepunk.net/nofx)* teamed up with the *Mad Caddies (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l;=3247)* and *Tom Waits (http://badasme.com/)*' backing band to release a ragtime album that doubles as the soundtrack for Rubber Bordello...

Last month we reported that NOFX 's Fat Mike was working on a ragtime album for a fetish film entitled Rubber Bordello . Now, the soundtrack is available for all those curious. Fat Mike teamed up with members of the Mad Caddies and Tom Waits ' backing band to create the ragtime soundtrack. For those of you who would like to listen to Fat Mike's new work without being caught by your parents watching pornography, the soundtrack is up for sale on iTunes . Finally, for those of you who would like the whole "package," there will be a screening of the ...

Das Hurricane Festival vermeldet einen weiteren Headliner. Die Wave-Helden der 80er,  The Cure , kommen in den hohen Norden der Republik. Damit sind sie mit Die Ärzte , Justice , Rise Against  und  The Stone Roses die vorläufigen Headliner des dreitägigen Konzertmarathons. In diesem Jahr beginnt die dreitägige Veranstaltung am 22. Juni. Hier das vorläufige Line Up und der offizielle Trailer für dieses Jahr: Justice  |  Sportfreunde Stiller  |  Broilers  |  Katzenjammer |  Florence & The Machine  |  LaBrassBanda  |  Casper | Lagwagon  |  Hot Water Music  |  Mad Caddies |  Kakkmaddafakka   |  Kurt Vile & The Violators |  Fritz Kalkbrenner  | SebastiAn | Busy P |  Supershirt | Dumme Jungs | The Kooks | Wolfmother | Kraftklub | Bonaparte | Zebrahead | Royal Republic | Beardyman | Kettcar ...

Das Hurricane-Festival hat für das Jahr 2012 weitere Namen bekannt gegeben, die wir live auf der Bühne bestaunen können. Das Line-up zählt demzufolge mit Rise Against , The Stone Roses , The Kooks und Wolfmother weitere hochkarätige Acts, die seit gestern offiziell bestätigt sind. Ferner dürfen wir uns mit Bonaparte und Zebrahead auf Punkrock der Extraklasse freuen, gefolgt von den schwedischen Garage-Rockern Royal Republic sowie den Chemnitzer Senkrechtstartern Kraftklub . Auf der White Stage heizt euch zusätzlich Beatbox-Künstler Beardyman ein und K.I.Z. sorgen für die nötige Portion " Urlaub Fürs Gehirn ". Tickets für das vom 22.-24. Juni stattfindende Spektakel gibt es ...

Das Zwillingsfestival Hurricane/Southside hat heute neue Bands für das kommende Festival-Vergnügen bestätigt. Von Punkrock über HipHop bis Electro wird ein weites musikalisches Feld abgedeckt: Neben den Ärzten und Blink-182 , die bereits seit längerer Zeit feststehen, gesellen sich seit heute noch zahlreiche weitere Acts hinzu. Seht hier die bisher bestätigten Künstler: Justice  |  Sportfreunde Stiller  |  Broilers  |  Katzenjammer   |  Florence & The Machine  |  LaBrassBanda  |  Casper   | Lagwagon  |  Hot Water Music  |  Mad Caddies   |  Kakkmaddafakka   |  Kurt Vile & The Violators |  Fritz Kalkbrenner  | SebastiAn | Busy P  |  Supershirt   | Dumme Jungs (Foto: hurricane.de)  Während beim Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel bis zu 70.000 Leute erwartet werden, hat das in Süddeutschland ...

Shadows Fall at Soundwave 2008 © primus74 @ flickr The annual Soundwave festival has become a staple in the alternative music-lover's calendar, and for good cause. Offering a pleasant change from the same-y lineups of Big Day Out , and really any other Australian music festival, the festival's organisers have brought big-name bands including Placebo , Incubus , Faith No More , Nine Inch Nails , Lamb of God , The Offspring , Iron Maiden , Queens of the Stone Age etc etc, along with a slew of punk, metal, emo, hardcore and alternative indie bands to our shores every year since it's inaugural standalone festival in ...

Ellwood , a new project featuring members of Mad Caddies , have announced the dates for an upcoming European tour. They will be heading over to Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands this September in support of their Fat Wreck Chords debut Lost in Transition .

Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include: The new EP from Brooklyn, NY's How Do We Jump This High? John Cota 's split 10" with Ten Thousand Leagues The latest Under The Influence split 7-inch featuring Ruiner and Attica! Attica! The new EP from New York City's The Indecent The latest full-length from Brooklyn, NY's The Reveling Audiobook excerpts from Cro-Mags frontman John Joseph A new track from Long Beach, CA's The Greenery Also don't forget to check out the ...

Check out the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include: The upcoming full-length from Daytona Beach, FL's Nightlights The new split from Banquets and Mayflower The new 7-inch from Jon Snodgrass The latest EP from Boca Raton, FL's Protagonist The new split 7-inch from Jon Gaunt and Greenland is Melting The upcoming debut from Mad Caddies side project Ellwood The latest from Lincoln, UK's The Living Daylights Also don't forget to check out a pair of new tracks from Gameface frontman Jeff Caudill , the ...

Our stream today is the forthcoming debut from Ellwood . The band notably features Mad Caddies vocalist Chuck Robertson as well as original Mad Caddies drummer Todd Rosenberg and Cherry Poppin' Daddies keyboardist Dustin Lanker. Their debut Lost in Transition is due out June 21, 2011 via Fat Wreck Chords, but you can hear the whole thing right now on their Punknews.org Profile .

Ellwood has unveiled a new song. "Mag Girl" will appear on the group's debut Lost In Transition , due out June 21, 2011 via Fat Wreck Chords . Check it out via Alternative Press . Ellwood is the new project from Mad Caddies vocalist Chuck Robertson and also features original Mad Caddies drummer Todd Rosenberg and Cherry Poppin' Daddies keyboardist Dustin Lanker.

Versus the World is currently in the studio at work on their second full-length. The group is recording in Santa Barbara, CA with producer Thom Flowers ( Bad Astronaut , The Ataris , Mad Caddies ) with plans for a summer release. The band notably includes Lagwagon guitarist Chris Flippin and former Ataris bassist Mike Davenport. The band released their self-titled debut in 2005 via Kung Fu Records .